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in health, was fully sufficient for support in sickness, and the prospect of death. A few days before he died, he was visited by one of his Pastors, who found him alone, and reading the word of God. He said that he had just been reading his favourite hymn, the one that begins, "Now I have found the ground, wherein."

He added that, while reading the verse,

"O Love, thou bottomless abyss," &c.,

his joy and confidence in Christ had been greatly strengthened. When prayer was offered on his behalf, he appeared to be much engaged in it, and said, on its conclusion, "I found it good to wait upon God."

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On the morning of the 11th of November, he expressed a wish to be dressed, and to leave his room. Shortly after he had done so, and had taken a little refreshment, he evidently became conscious that the time of his departure was at hand, and said to his mother, Pray, pray." His weeping parent said, "The Lord will be with thee, my dear." Her dying, but happy son, said, "He will, he will. He is, he is. Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus!" Almost instantly he expired, exchanging mortality for life without a struggle, in the twenty-fifth year of his age, and the fifteenth of his union with the Wesleyan Methodists. Short as his life was, its great end was answered. He had remembered his Creator in the days God as his portion

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Skirlaugh, in the Hornsea Circuit, where he became an apprentice; and to a master, it should be said, who appears to have taken a deep interest in the temporal and spiritual welfare of the youth who was thus committed to his care. We can scarcely conceive of a more important trust. We have no notion of the false kindness which cares for nothing, provided temporal obligations be discharged; nor of the false notions of authority, which only look to the fulfilment of secular duty, and leave to chance the mental and spiritual welfare of the entrusted youth. George's master attended to both branches of his duty, seeking to give him the proper knowledge of his business, and at the same time, instructing him in the way whereby both mind and heart might be cultivated. George had received the grace of God, and he willingly saw the advantages he possessed in the wisdom and kindness of his master. These advantages he sought to improve, and during this period of his life, he lived in the affection and esteem of his master and mistress, and also of his class-mates. His temper was amiable, his manners kind, and he appeared to be only anxious to do right, and in his interior life, to be right, even with God, the searcher of hearts.

When his apprenticeship terminated, he thought it his duty to leave the place in which he had so long resided, that he might be more fully instructed in his trade; but none of his removals at all affected his Christian character. When he returned to his native place, it was evident that his piety was as decided as ever, and that his chief concern was to be entirely conformed to the image of Christ his Saviour.

In the course of the summer of 1843, his friends thought they observed a change in his general health, but they were not at all apprehensive at first of any serious consequences: however, the disease increased so rapidly, that in October he was laid aside from business. In his illness, he possessed his soul in patience, and found that the religion he had sought and obtained

in health, was fully sufficient for support in sickness, and the prospect of death. A few days before he died, he was visited by one of his Pastors, who found him alone, and reading the word of God. He said that he had just been reading his favourite hymn, the one that begins, "Now I have found the ground, wherein."

He added that, while reading the verse,

"O Love, thou bottomless abyss," &c.,

his joy and confidence in Christ had been greatly strengthened. When prayer was offered on his behalf, he appeared to be much engaged in it, and said, on its conclusion, "I found it good to wait upon God."

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On the morning of the 11th of November, he expressed a wish to be dressed, and to leave his room. Shortly after he had done so, and had taken a little refreshment, he evidently became conscious that the time of his departure was at hand, and said to his mother, Pray, pray." His weeping parent said, "The Lord will be with thee, my dear." Her dying, but happy son, said, "He will, he will. He is, he is. Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus!" Almost instantly he expired, exchanging mortality for life without a struggle, in the twenty-fifth year of his age, and the fifteenth of his union with the Wesleyan Methodists. Short as his life was, its great end was answered. He had remembered

his Creator in the days of his youth. He had chosen God as his portion from the beginning; and at an age when too many are halting between two opinions, he had already spent the greater number of his years in consistent fellowship with the church of Christ, and in the enjoyment and practice of religion. His example is at once decided and encouraging. His life, though short, was happy. From the innocent pleasures of infancy and childhood, he had passed to the pure and rational pleasures flowing from the service of God; and these, instead of fading away when death approached, became brighter than ever, and were brightest of all at the last. Reader, go thou and do likewise.

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MISSIONARY ANECDOTE.

CHANGE WROUGHT IN THE HABITS OF THE HEATHEN BY THE GOSPEL.

MR. AYLIFFE, Wesleyan Missionary in South Africa, (Albany District,) communicates the following anecdote, as furnished by a Dutch woman, an emigrant:-" One afternoon I saw a waggon approaching our place of abode, and some of the black Heathen came from it to ask permission to remain there for the night. I gave my consent, but unwillingly, knowing the general character of the Heathen: and when I found that the waggon was the property of the Captain of the Heathen, I became much alarmed, being alone. But in the evening, as the sun was setting, I saw the Captain call his family and people together at the side of the waggon,

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and just as a Christian would do, they took out a book, and they all sang a hymn in their own language. He then read what I found was the Bible, spoke to his people like a Preacher, and then the whole of them knelt down on the ground while the Heathen Captain prayed. After this they spent the evening round the

fire at the side of the waggon, as if they were the happiest people in the world."

What a change! As Heathens they would have been-and while they were suspected to be so, they actually were-objects of terror. The poor woman knew their thievish propensities and their ferocity. But when she saw the hymn-book, a hymn-book in their own language, (mark that, Missionary Collectors,) all her fears were gone. And what a delightful spectacle! Before they enter upon the night, they gather together, sing one of the songs of Sion, hear the "great word" read, receive the "word of exhortation;" and then, at peace within, and at peace without, they sit down by the fire as if they were the happiest people in the world. Before, if they had had food, it would have been a brutal carouse, followed by a stupidity which would have put them lower than the boa-constrictor serpent: but no, they had learned of the Missionary; and see their order and comfort. We cannot help repeating it, they spent their evening as if they were the happiest people in the world. O that all people in the world would seek this happiness!

NATURAL HISTORY. No. III.

THE TIGER.

THE royal tiger, as it is often called, to distinguish it from the smaller tiger-cats, is far more limited in its range than the lion. It is exclusively Asiatic. Hindostan may be considered as its head-quarters; but it is common in the larger islands, as Sumatra, where it is a fearful scourge.

The tiger is equal in size to the lion, but is of a more elongated form, and pre-eminently graceful. The head, also, is shorter, and more rounded. The average height is from three feet six inches to four feet. The general tint of the fur is of a fine yellow, or reddish yellow, ornamented by a series of transverse black bands, or stripes; which оссиру the sides of the head, neck, and

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